LEADER 03480nam 2200697 450 001 9910456972403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-4426-8618-9 024 7 $a10.3138/9781442686182 035 $a(CKB)2550000000043265 035 $a(EBL)3275948 035 $a(OCoLC)923774958 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000622531 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11386328 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000622531 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10642129 035 $a(PQKB)10713056 035 $a(CaBNVSL)slc00227087 035 $a(CEL)436421 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4672450 035 $a(DE-B1597)464102 035 $a(OCoLC)1002232809 035 $a(OCoLC)1004876436 035 $a(OCoLC)1011461988 035 $a(OCoLC)1013956641 035 $a(OCoLC)756283684 035 $a(OCoLC)954123667 035 $a(OCoLC)999354233 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781442686182 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4672450 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11258117 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000043265 100 $a20160923h20102010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$a"My muse will have a story to paint" $eselected prose of Ludovico Ariosto /$fLodovico Ariosto ; translated with an introduction by Dennis Looney 210 1$aToronto, [Ontario] ;$aBuffalo, [New York] ;$aLondon, [England] :$cUniversity of Toronto Press,$d2010. 210 4$dİ2010 215 $a1 online resource (343 p.) 225 0 $aLorenzo Da Ponte Italian Library 311 $a1-4426-4087-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tA Note on Texts and the Translation -- $tI: INTRODUCTION -- $tII: LETTERS. Part 1 -- $tII: LETTERS. Part 2 -- $tIII: HERBAL DOCTOR -- $tNotes -- $tBibliography -- $tTable of Recipients -- $tGeneral Index 330 $aLudovico Ariosto, best known for his 1516 epic poem Orlando furioso, was one of the great writers of the Italian Renaissance. In this collection, Dennis Looney assembles a diverse compendium of Ariosto's prose, including his 214 Letters and a satirical piece, Herbal Doctor.Ariosto's correspondence paints a detailed portrait of the world he lived and wrote in. While some letters illuminate his day-to-day life, including his work as a provincial commissioner for the ruling Este family of Ferrara, others shed light on the composition and production of his poems and plays, allowing a glimpse of the man in his creative workshop. Herbal Doctor, a parody of humanism in general and neoplatonic philosophy in particular, may mark a defense of Ariosto's decision to turn away from the philological world of his contemporaries in order to pursue a different kind of learning.Looney's elegant, careful translation provides us with the first extensive selection of Ariosto's prose works in English, and enriches our understanding of one of Italy's most important Renaissance writers. 410 0$aLorenzo da Ponte Italian library series. 606 $aHISTORY / Renaissance$2bisacsh 608 $aElectronic books. 615 7$aHISTORY / Renaissance. 676 $a851/.3 700 $aAriosto$b Lodovico$f1474-1533,$0192228 702 $aLooney$b Dennis, 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910456972403321 996 $a"My muse will have a story to paint"$92195716 997 $aUNINA